Overview
The translated histories identify Meng Chang as a ruler. This record brings together 7 passages from 3 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Meng Chang | 孟昶 | Meng Chang |
| Given | Chang | 昶 | Chang |
| Personal name | Chang | 昶 | |
| Personal name | Meng Chang | 孟昶 | Meng Chang |
| Personal name | Meng Chang | 孟昶 | Mèng Chǎng |
| Title | Shu ruler | 蜀主 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:074:s0124, mingshi:057:s0071
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 周世宗即位，明年 · Western Year: AD 955Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:050:s0129, xinwudaishi:050:s0093
- Source Date: Text: 孟昶嗣偽位 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:074:s0124
- Source Date: Text: 宋太祖受蜀主孟昶降 · Western Year: AD 965Explicit · mingshi:057:s0071
- Source Date: Text: 晉開運之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 944 · End: AD 946Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:050:s0128
- Source Date: Text: 晉開運末 · Western Year: AD 946Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:074:s0125
Family
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- Child of Meng Zhixiang (孟知祥)Kinship Term: successor-son / 嗣 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Events and relationships
- Kind: ritual · Role: surrendering-ruler · Action: surrendered-to · Other Person Id: Song Taizu (宋太祖)Explicit · mingshi:057:s0071
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: personally governed with extravagance and license · Provenance: Mode: named-speaker · Speaker Person Id: Ming Taizu (太祖)Explicit · mingshi:057:s0079
References in the histories
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